Hyper Cache vs Speed Optimizer
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| Feature | Hyper Cache v3.4.4 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free · ★ 4.5/5 Visit Details | Speed Optimizer v7.8.5 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free · ★ 4.2/5 Visit Details |
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| At a glance | ||
| Active installs | 7,000+ | 1M+ |
| Last updated | February 3, 2026 | October 20, 2026 |
| Editions | Hyper Cache | Speed Optimizer |
| Pros | Serves cached HTML pages to visitors with few settings to manage; Clears cached pages when posts, comments or bbPress topics change | Page caching, minification and lazy loading in one place; Browser cache headers and database cleanup; Free, from the WordPress.org directory |
| Cons | No CSS or JavaScript minification in this version; No object cache or database cleanup, so pair with other tools | Dynamic caching and Memcached are SiteGround-only; CDN premium tier depends on the hosting plan; Calls Google PageSpeed and Google Fonts services |
| Mentioned in our posts | 1 | — |
| Features (Speed Optimization plugins checklist) | ||
| Page cache | Yes | Yes |
| Browser cache | Yes | Yes |
| Minify CSS/JS | No | Yes |
| CDN | Yes | Paid |
| Object cache | No | Yes |
| Database cleanup | No | Yes |
| Free version | Yes | Yes |
| More features | ||
| Other features | Hourly cache clean, Cache clean on bbPress topics and replies, Reject user agents from cache | Lazy loading of images, iframes and videos, Image optimisation, WebP image conversion, Force HTTPS, Heartbeat control, PageSpeed analysis |
| Integrations | ||
| Analytics | — | Google PageSpeed Insights |
| Plugins | Autoptimize, bbPress | — |
| Other | cdnjs | Google Fonts |
| Requires WordPress | 6.1 | 5.5.1 |
| Requires PHP | 7.0 | 7.0 |
| Tested up to | 6.9 | 7.1 |
| Phones home | No | No |
| External services | cdnjs.cloudflare.com | www.googleapis.com, fonts.googleapis.com, sgwpdemo.com, api.wordpress.org |